Intuition: The BYU Undergraduate Journal of Psychology

Article Title

Later-life Hoarders: Clinical Symptomatic Progression and Multi-Faceted Clinical Interventions

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Abstract

The age at onset and the clinical symptomatic progression of hoarding behaviors through successive decades are important factors in concerting appropriate interventions for later-life hoarders. The onset of hoarding begins at an early age, progresses in severity with each season of life, and has serious personal and social consequences. If left unimpeded, hoarders’ lives often become sufficiently maladjusted to require professional interventions, which should be multi-faceted to relieve symptoms more successfully and resolve underlying emotional issues for later-life hoarders. Multi-faceted interventions may play a key role in countering chronic hoarding behaviors and related personal dysfunction in older individuals.

Recommended Citation

(2015) "Later-life Hoarders: Clinical Symptomatic Progression and Multi-Faceted Clinical Interventions," Intuition: The BYU Undergraduate Journal of Psychology: Vol. 10: Iss. 1, Article 2.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/intuition/vol10/iss1/2